The Kama Sutra - Part 2 - CHAPTER 4

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CHAPTER IV. ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS. When love becomes intense, pressing with the nails or scratching the body with them is practised, and it is done on the following occasions: On the first visit; at the time of setting out on a journey; on the return from a journey; at the time when an angry lover is reconciled; and lastly when the woman is intoxicated. But pressing with the nails is not an usual thing except with those who are intensely passionate, i.e., full of passion. It is employed together with biting, by those to